The new era of the Hope, January 6, 0001, the sixth day after all members of the Hope woke up.
After the life capsule that little Annie was riding in was captured by the United Earth Government's exile colony ship, No. 5 Hope, and rescued on this huge spaceship, Annie has basically adapted to life in the universe and began to live in this huge spaceship. There are people fooling around on this huge and novel spaceship.
Currently, little Annie is only allowed to move freely in the military area of the Hope. Other places and the immigration city deck area inside the Hope are not open to her for the time being.
Under normal circumstances, there are complete defense measures and a large group of military personnel here in the military zone. In the opinion of the senior officials of the Hope, allowing this little alien girl to temporarily move around here should not pose too much risk to the spacecraft. .
Besides, they can't be cute all day long? Should a little girl who seems to pose no threat be locked up in her room alone?
At this time, on the Hope, in the rest area of the Marine Corps Club, Galen, the captain of the Cobra Squadron, with the Marine Corps No. 01, was having a conversation with Darius, the captain of the Viper Squadron, with the Marine Corps No. 01. A friendly boxing match to determine who is the strongest marine team on the Hope.
"Hey! Let me tell you, big guy Galen, are you really not considering switching from a Marine to a melee profession? I can enchant a powerful two-handed sword for you!"
When the boxing match came to a ten-minute intermission, little Annie couldn't bear the loneliness and once again came to Captain Galen's side.
"There is the Kingdom of Demacia on our continent of Valoran. They also have a general named Galen! He is also a big guy like you. It is said that he is a good fighter! He is a bit stupid, but It’s a bit funny…”
For the man in front of him, also named Galen, little Annie had a good impression of him. She could even enchant him with a powerful two-handed sword if he wanted to.
After all, after being away from home for so long, hearing this familiar name in Valoran in this spaceship made her feel a little strangely familiar.
"No need! Thank you!"
He was so frightened that he shook his head when he heard that little Annie once again wanted to trick him into giving up his role as a great Marine to become the inexplicably silly and funny melee Galen she said.
"I am a glorious Marine! Moreover, our place is different from yours. We are in the interstellar era. We are playing close combat? That is impossible! That is already outdated!"
Are you kidding me? !
I don’t have a useful and powerful electromagnetic nail rifle, but I want to play with a two-handed sword? He, Galen, is not crazy, not stupid, and not funny!
Anyway, even though he has the same name as the Galen that little Annie talks about, he definitely has nothing in common with the Galen that she talks about! Nor will he learn how to use a two-handed sword from the other party!
If I was really deceived by the little girl, when the time comes, I will remember that I appeared on the battlefield carrying a silly two-handed sword, facing the enemy's rifle and cannon fire, shouting the slogan of charge, and rushed to the opponent's side. In front of the formation, he was slashing at other people's heavy weapons and steel plate armor, but couldn't get in, and bursts of cold sweat flowed down his back.
If he really does that, then he, Galen, will really become the silly and funny Galen the other party calls him!
"Our magic is not out of date! Don't you think about it? It's free! Moreover, I can also let you defeat that fierce and dark Darius!"
In order to tempt Galen to play the melee route, little Annie threw out another bait.
"Hey! Little Annie, I'm warning you, don't plan on me behind my back again! I have a healthy wheat color, where is the darkness?"
Darius, who was resting on the seat on the other side, glanced over at Little Annie after hearing what she said, and then retorted dissatisfiedly.
Recently, they have become more familiar with little Annie, and they don't care much about the jokes they make between each other.
"And you! Darius, don't you think about it? In our Valoran, there is a Noxian who likes to fight with the same name as you! I heard that he is good at a huge axe. , how about I try to enchant you?"
Seeing that persuading Galen was not going smoothly, little Annie immediately turned around and began to fool Darius, the captain of the Viper team opposite,
"Forget it! Thank you for your kindness, no need!"
Seeing that little Annie changed her target again and started to fool herself into playing with the melee axe, Darius' head was full of black lines.
"Okay, Galen, hurry up and start the second game. I will definitely defeat you again!"
Not wanting to be chatty with little Annie, he quickly took over and urged Galen across from him.
As long as he successfully defeats Galen in the second half, then the title of the strongest Marine captain of the Hope will belong to him!
"Okay, little Annie, please stop tossing us! Look, just on the Hope, there are so many people with the same name. Don't make a fuss all day long!"
Seeing that the other party wanted to say something, Darius quickly waved his hand and listed a list of holographic images from his information terminal. On it, there were several people with the same name as Galen, and the one named Anne was There are even more popular names, at least dozens!
At most, it's just a difference in last name.
"Tch! I mean well, but you still don't appreciate it!"
Little Annie, who failed to cheat again, had to settle down and prepare to watch the second boxing match between the two of them.
…
Now, the game has entered the second half. The two of them just held two small games of ten minutes each, with a ten-minute break in the middle. The rules were different from those of a regular game.
In the first half, Captain Galen lost one point and narrowly lost to his opponent.
"Ah! Galen is big, be careful, he is about to charge forward! Defend quickly!"
However, when the game progressed to the second game, the situation improved. With the help of little Annie who was causing trouble below the ring, Galen had already overtaken him in just a few minutes. The opponent is a few points better.
"Yes! Come on, Galen, big man, lower your uppercut and hit him on the left chin! He has exposed his flaw now. You just hit the nerve in his left arm, and it must be in a state of paralysis now. You punch Hurry up, he won’t have time to get back on defense!”
At this time, little Annie was watching the excitement from the side of the ring, while vigorously cheering up Galen, the big man she was more familiar with.
Not only ordinary shouting for cheers, she also used her extraordinary observation skills to constantly support Galen, hoping that he could defeat his opponent as soon as possible.
"come on!"
"Come on! Captain! Well done!"
"Little Annie, hurry up and tell the captain where to attack next?"
"..."
Now, as the game progresses, except for the members of the Cobra Team who are cheering for their Captain Galen when they see victory in sight, several other members of the Viper Team are looking at the other side of the ring in confusion. little girl.
Their title as the No. 1 Marine Team of the Hope this time is probably... going to be destroyed by this little brat soon?
"Ah, he's about to retreat, keep hitting him on the left side of his face!"
When she saw the wonderful scene, little Annie was so excited that she lay down on the edge of the ring, waved her fists and shouted loudly.
She really liked watching their fist-to-knuckle competition, which felt particularly violent and refreshing.
puff!
There was a muffled sound of a fist.
Sure enough, with Little Annie's help, Galen's gloved right hand, before the opponent's temporarily paralyzed left hand had time to defend, hit Darius with a fierce right hook, causing Darius to stumble and almost stumble. He fell to the ground.
"That's right! Great job, that's it! Keep up the good work!"
After Anne saw that the big guy Galen hit the opponent hard as she said and got a point, she jumped up and started cheering loudly and jumping for joy again.
In her opinion, even if she can't go up and start the fight directly, directing others to fight and boxing seems quite interesting.
The feeling of being punched to the flesh made her whole body excited. She wanted to rush forward, hit the two people above them, press them to the ground, and beat them wildly?
"Ah! He's coming! Big guy, squat down quickly and punch!"
When she saw Darius's feet and lower back muscles preparing to move, little Annie saw through the other person's movements and quickly reminded Galen.
Bang! !
Another muffled sound.
After Darius' forward uppercut failed, he was hit hard on the chin by an upward punch from his opponent who squatted slightly. Fortunately, both of them were wearing cheek protectors and mouthguards. , otherwise, this time, I have to be beaten until my teeth fall out?
"Ha! Well done! His center of gravity is unstable now and he is about to retreat. Hurry up and hit him at will..."
Ding~! Ding~! Ding~!
Little Annie continued to talk excitedly, and then, before she could continue to tell her opponent's flaws, the bell for the end of the game suddenly rang.
"Referee, I protest! They were cheating just now!"
As the game ended, Darius spit out his mouthguard, then pointed at little Annie under the ring:
"If this little alien kid hadn't helped them, how could they have led me by six points in the second game? This is absolutely impossible!"
After finishing speaking, Darius turned his head with a ferocious expression and looked at Galen who was taking off his protective gear and looking at him with a relaxed expression.
Now, the captain of the Cobra team, it is estimated that the other party is very proud of himself!
"Hmph! You are the alien, and your whole family is an alien! Be careful, I will beat you up!"
Seeing this big black guy who wanted to default on his debt after losing the game, he actually called himself an alien?
Little Annie raised her fist fiercely. In this competition, she didn't say she wasn't allowed to shout for cheers, and she didn't say she wasn't allowed to give advice to those on her side, right?
If he loses, will he blame himself? He is a bad guy!
"Uh... Darius, during a boxing match, this kind of behavior seems to be in line with the rules..."
A weapons technician acting as a referee was in a bit of a dilemma.
Although, this little girl's behavior does seem to be a bit cheating, because every time she speaks, she is so accurate and timely, and her eyesight is indeed extraordinary!
However, in a boxing match, there is no saying that others are not allowed to respond, right? This is completely in compliance with the regulations, so it seems unjustifiable to call it cheating?
"I don't care! Anyway, I don't agree with the result of this competition. We must start other competitions again!"
Darius went rogue. He didn't want to change from the No. 1 Marine on the Hope to the No. 2 Marine!
Even if there are only two marines on the Hope now! As the saying goes: Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second! He would never give up this small honor easily.
Besides, he did lose unfairly just now. If that little kid hadn't caused trouble, even if he lost, it wouldn't have been so miserable!
"Hahaha! Darius, I knew you would be like this, so tell me, how do you want to compare?"
Today, he actually defeated Darius for the first time and even beat the opponent severely.
In a good mood, Galen generously decided that it would be okay to play with the leader of the Viper team for a while. Anyway, the Hope is still floating in the universe and has no important missions for the time being.
"This time we are going to play a simulated actual battle: two teams, twenty people divided into two groups to fight!"
Simulated combat is an advanced training device for the Marine Corps similar to a holographic game. It is a high-end training equipment.
It is generally used to train new recruits and hone the team. Of course, as Darius said, it can also be used for actual combat exercises, which can not only improve the team's combat capabilities, but also avoid unnecessary casualties.
They are containers that look similar to dormant chambers. When the Marines lie in them and activate them, it can project them into the set digital battlefield and conduct holographic training that is close to 99% of actual combat. It is very effective for honing the cooperation between teams and allowing new recruits to adapt to the battlefield environment!
"Confrontation is confrontation, who will be afraid of you?"
The two teams have had holographic confrontations several times before, with each winning and losing.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Galen quickly agreed to Darius's suggestion. In this kind of battle where the outcome is 50-50, it is impossible for him to be afraid of the opponent.
"Simulated actual combat? Me, me, me! I want to play together too!"
As soon as she heard that the other party was going to play that holographic simulation confrontation, little Annie, who had watched them operate it two days ago, finally couldn't help it anymore.
This thing is as fun as an online game, but it is also a holographic projection, which is almost the same as playing with a real person! She definitely can’t miss it!
Therefore, little Annie decided that she would participate no matter what.
"Absolutely not! This is a real combat exercise between ten people and ten people. No matter which side you join, it will have an impact on the battle situation. This is unfair!"
Without thinking, Darius simply rejected Anne's request to participate.
Although he doesn't think this little girl will have any important impact on the battle situation, nor does he think she can have any fighting ability, but if she is allowed to participate, if his side wins in the end, it will be okay, but What should I do if I lose the fight?
Do you want him to continue cheating? You can never cheat on something like this again!
"Hmph! I will not join any of your sides! I am one side alone, and I will defeat both of you!"
Annie glared at the leader of the Viper team who was cheating and having some problems with her.
Last time, didn't I suddenly take away his chair when he was about to eat? Does he deserve to hate himself so much? Don’t want to play with yourself yet?
snort! This cheapskate!
"Hahaha... Okay, okay, okay! Are you on your own? I want to see how you defeat us?! So, Galen, do you have any problem with this? A three-way confrontation?"
Darius laughed angrily when he heard the little girl's angry words.
So, he followed the little girl's advice and directly made a request to Galen for a three-way confrontation of 1:10:10.
"I have no objection. So, little Annie, if you were alone, what weapons and equipment would you choose?"
Little Annie had helped him just now, so Galen planned to reciprocate the favor and agreed to the little girl's request to participate in the competition.
Just think of it as playing with the little girl. What's the worst, when it comes to waiting, you can give in a little bit and let her play for a while? Anyway, the other party is just a little girl. It shouldn't be difficult if you let her loose a little and don't let her lose too badly, right?
"I want that ghost suit!"
Little Annie had long since taken a look at that beautiful silver and white tight-fitting armor. It was said to be the standard equipment of ghost agents. It was petite, compact, and invisible. It was much better than the silly, thick armor of the Marines. The service looks at least a hundred times better!
"Cannot equip nuclear bombs!"
Without thinking, Galen and Darius turned to Anne almost at the same time.
They all know the weapons and equipment of the ghost suit. Apart from the invisibility of the armor, there is not much advantage in confronting the Marines at close range.
Generally speaking, the armor of ghost agents is relatively low, even more than half lower than the standard powered combat suit of their marines!
After all, it was developed and designed for special combat purposes. Generally, it is not good at fighting on the frontal battlefield. In that case, this expensive advanced armor suit will only be wasted.
Although it has many weapons to choose from, including shotguns, sniper rifles, etc., its most powerful weapon is the nuclear fusion strike!
Once the ghost agents lock on a certain place, they can guide the nuclear bombs of nearby friendly forces to attack, and use clean and efficient fusion weapons to completely destroy a small enemy city or military base.
Therefore, Darius and Galen subconsciously wanted to limit this function. Otherwise, they would not need to fight later. After little Annie went in, she would secretly hide and throw nuclear bombs to play if anyone was unhappy. In that case, there would be another Marines with a hundred times the number are probably no match for her invisible ghost, right?
"If there is no nuclear bomb, there will be no nuclear bomb. I won't be afraid of you! Come on, start now. I can't help but teach you a lesson."
After her little thoughts were revealed by the two of them, little Annie didn't give up.
Although, she did think so before.
But now, she felt that even if there were no nuclear bombs, even if she only had an ordinary sniper rifle, she could take care of these weird uncles and weird sisters while hiding aside and firing cold shots, right?
"Ha, interesting! Then, let me continue to be your referee? Okay, you all enter the simulation cabin, close your eyes, and choose your weapons and equipment. Then, I will choose a random terrain for you, guaranteed I won’t take sides with either of you. If you are ready, just press the green button.”
The technical officer who had just acted as a boxing referee saw that these two groups still wanted to continue the competition. He became interested and decided to play with them for a while longer.
This competition turned out to be a strange three-way pattern of 1:10:10? An extra troublemaking little female ghost agent? This made the technical officer feel that things were starting to get a little more interesting.
Therefore, he planned not to rush into the debugging work of his weapons. Anyway, the current Hope still has several days of sailing time before it reaches the target planet, and there is nothing to do with their land warfare department for the time being.
As the weapons technical officer of the land warfare department, he had nothing to do when he was idle, so he might as well play with them for a while, just think of it as leisure and watch the excitement.
"Captain? What equipment should we choose?"
"Captain Galen, I am a medic. Do you need me to continue choosing medical equipment?"
After entering their respective simulation cabins, the members of the Cobra Team asked about their Captain Galen. This was related to the outcome of their simulated confrontation, as well as the first and second rankings. There was no room for sloppiness.
"All personnel, all selected armored power combat uniforms, 8 mm caliber spike electromagnetic gun C-15 type! In addition, bring two high-explosive grenades, and each person carries a spider mine, the same goes for the medics, you do not bring grenades And mines, just bring two more combat uniforms to repair the solidifying material spray! This stab is a simulated battle, either victory or death!"
Without thinking, Galen quickly selected the basic equipment for his ten-man team.
All of them were equipped with marine equipment, and even the two fire bats and the medic were changed into marines by him.
In this simulated confrontation, he needs more powerful firepower output, and does not need the fire-breathing soldiers and useless medics whose attack range is too short.
When Galen thought about it, it was just a simulated battlefield anyway, and he wouldn't really die, so what kind of medics were needed? It would be better to carry more guns and increase the firepower output of the team.
"As you command, Captain!"
After the members of Cobra Team selected the equipment they needed, they pressed the ready green button in the simulation cabin. Then, the green lights outside their simulation cabin lit up one after another. It seemed that they had entered sleep mode. in the simulation state.
"Very good. It seems that everyone is ready? Then, let me choose the terrain for you!"
When the weapons technician standing outside saw that everyone's simulation cabins had the green light on, he nodded, took out his intelligent operation terminal, and started operating quickly on it. After a while, he completed the terrain generation work.
"Okay, the terrain is ready. Now, let's start the formal simulated confrontation. Terrain: Alien Battlefield. Marines, I wish you good luck!"
Soon, when the weapons technician clicked the confirmation button, this weird three-wizard competition was finally announced to have officially begun!
But in fact, all the landforms of the alien battlefield he has chosen and generated are adapted from what the Hope observed: the environment of the JNO.3 planet they will land on in a few days.
The technical officer feels: First, this is a brand new terrain that allows them to compete fairly and not favor any side.
Secondly, it can also familiarize these marines with the planet they may land on in a few days to increase their adaptability.
This JNO.3 planet is actually the third of the more than twenty planets that Hope has detected within the remaining energy driving range in the past two days.
It has a complete atmospheric environment and a highly corrosive ocean of strange acidic liquids. There is also a huge energy reaction on the surface of the other party's crust. After all, there should be various energy and minerals that the Hope needs urgently on it?
Therefore, Captain Leona has already ordered and decided before: Their Hope will land on the planet numbered JNO.3 to launch a base and carry out production supplies and energy collection work.
"Okay, the terrain is generated and the game has started. Let me take a good look."
Then, the next time will be entertainment time for him as a technical officer and referee.
Therefore, he quickly found a recliner and lay down on it comfortably. Then, he began to project a 3D display device in the simulation hall, and began to use the God's perspective mode to observe the subsequent confrontation between the two sides. .
Oh, right! And that little girl... This is supposed to be a three-way competition?
However, the weapons technician felt that even if Galen's Cobra team let the little girl go, she might not be able to last for an hour, right?
You know, for this competition terrain, he deliberately chose an island with a diameter of less than five kilometers. The island is surrounded by a sea of acid with strong corrosive properties, which greatly limits the stealth of the ghost suit. Function.
That little girl, I'm afraid it won't take long for her to be detected by the Marine team and killed with powerful firepower, right?
…
On the bridge of the Hope, the command center, Captain Leona, after finishing all her own affairs, asked a logistics robot to bring her a cup of coffee and began to taste it.
Although these are old products that have been sealed in a vacuum environment for hundreds of years, they basically have not changed much in taste and are still worth drinking.
"Doug? What...are you looking at? Are you so happy?"
Captain Leona was looking for someone to talk to. When she saw her first mate, he was sitting alone on a chair nearby, hiding in a remote corner of the bridge and looking at her hands with interest. When the image of the terminal grinned from time to time, she couldn't help but feel a little curious.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on the captain, because, under normal circumstances, this Doug, even during the rest time, always looks like he is loyal to his duties, either standing in a daze, or busy with her seemingly... Things that are never finished.
But now, she is hiding aside, watching something interesting? This really made the captain very curious. What could make her smile like this?
"Ah? Captain! What are your orders?"
Doug, who was watching happily, suddenly stood up at attention when he suddenly heard the captain's question.
She didn't pay attention to the captain's question just now, and tried her best to look at the captain with a straight face. She thought that Captain Leona had something to tell her.
"Okay, you don't have to be so nervous. I'm just curious. What were you watching and laughing so happily?"
Anyway, it's rest time now. Except for the necessary personnel on duty, she, the captain and the first mate can take a good rest. On the bridge, the second mate only needs to keep an eye on them.
"That's right, Captain, the Marine Corps' Cobra Team and Viper Team are simulating a confrontation. I saw it interestingly, so I couldn't help but laugh."
Thinking of the interesting content he just saw, Doug couldn't help it, and the corner of his mouth curved again.
"Is it really that funny? Don't they have simulation training every day these two days?".
Captain Leona also watched their marine simulation training once.
However, as a former professional soldier, she can only describe the performance of the Marine Corps with just two words. After all, they are just a group of new recruits. They really can't ask for too much. If they can barely pass, it is already very good. .
That's why she couldn't understand why Doug smiled like this while watching a group of new recruits training?
This shouldn't be the case...
"Captain, their confrontation today is different from the previous two days. Today they are a three-party confrontation! In addition to Cobra Team and Viper Team, there is another person, that is: the one we rescued a few days ago. Annie, the little alien girl.”
This is why First Officer Doug couldn't help laughing just now.
Two standard Marines were teased by a little girl? In the end, the entire army was wiped out?
So, how could she, Doug, not laugh? She was so amused by the little girl's various actions! The performance of that little girl is so interesting!
"Oh? Which side did she join?"
If that's the case alone, there's nothing funny about it, right? Hearing this, Captain Leona not only didn't find it funny, but frowned.
She felt that those Marines must be neglecting their duties!
It's a good simulated confrontation training, but you don't want to think about how to improve your skills in order to survive on the real battlefield, but instead add a little girl? Wouldn't that cause trouble for the Marines? Do they really have that much free time? This is really unreasonable!
"No! Captain, you are wrong!"
Hearing that the captain seemed not to understand what he just said, Doug quickly explained.
"Little Annie did not join any party, she chose the third party! She used the suit of the ghost agent, and she was only one person. This was a three-party confrontation lineup of 1:10:10. In the end, she wiped out all Killed two Marines and won a glorious victory!"
Doug quickly told Captain Leona what he had just seen.
Now, after she was happy, she also vaguely felt: The strength of this little alien girl might not be simple? Therefore, as the first mate, she should tell the captain this unusual information.
"A third party? And wiped out two Marine squadrons? How is this possible?"
Captain Leona was also shocked. How could a little girl destroy two marines on the Hope? No matter how bad they are, they are still not twenty pigs left to be slaughtered, right?
"By the way, you just mentioned the ghost agent's suit? Could it be that she guided the nuclear bomb?"
If that were the case, it would make sense.
After all, the ghost suit has the function of guiding nuclear bombs. In a simulated confrontation, if the little girl used this function, not to mention two marine squadrons of twenty people, even a hundred more, would not be enough to blow her up. of!
"I'm sorry, Captain! The function of the nuclear bomb has been restricted by the referee. She does not have a nuclear bomb! She... relied on a sniper rifle and the ability to be invisible to annihilate two Marine squadrons on a small island! And! , behind, two Marine teams even joined forces to round up her, but in the end... they still failed!"
As Doug spoke, his expression began to become a little serious.
"This is impossible! Now, send the video immediately, and I will see what is going on here!"
Even a ghost equipped with a sniper rifle can't defeat two combined marines, right?
Besides, the armor of the Marines is so high, the range of the spike electromagnetic rifle is not necessarily much lower than that of the sniper rifle. Under the intensive shooting of the two teams, even if the opponent is an invisible ghost, he will be killed. Broken into pieces?
With a large group of Marines firing on all cylinders, even an armored transport ship or a low-flying small space fighter could be knocked down under that kind of metal storm!
Therefore, Captain Leona, who felt that something was a little strange, couldn't wait to ask First Officer Doug to release the video of the entire battle.
She was right here behind the bridge, taking a good look: that little girl, how did the other party destroy all two of her marines?
Those are the only two marines currently on the Hope. Until now, the recruitment of new recruits has not yet begun. Their twenty people are really the most powerful force on the Hope.
